Cindy Yared
Cindy Yared is President and Owner of Mom Corps Dallas. After working for more than 20 years as a broadcast sales and marketing executive, Cindy decided she wanted to expand her horizons outside of broadcast media with a challenging career that also allowed her to balance work with family and life. After discovering Mom Corps, Cindy was attracted to the concept of advocating for professional women like herself among companies who need access to exceptional, qualified talent and are progressive enough to consider flexible work arrangements.
Prior to Mom Corps, Cindy was Chief Marketing Officer for Disiere Holdings in Dallas, where she developed the launch and marketing strategy for a new on-line personal auto insurance product. Before that, she was National Sales Manager for Clear Channel Communications in Dallas, where she worked for 11 years selling radio advertising and managed 8 national offices and 25 Sales Representatives across the US. Before joining Clear Channel, Cindy worked in radio broadcasting sales at a variety of other stations including CBS Radio and Cap Cities/ABC Broadcasting in Dallas and several broadcast stations in St. Louis, MO.
Cindy holds a BBA from Baylor University in business administration and finance. She is an active member of the Baylor Alumni Association, St. Alcuin Montessori School Capital Campaign and Annual Fund Committees, 85 Broads and EWL.
Cindy lives in Dallas with her husband and two children.
Julia Shanklin
Julia Shanklin serves in two capacities for Mom Corps Dallas. She manages the office operations in addition to recruiting. Julia has a traditional HR generalist background with an emphasis in recruiting. She has experience recruiting for a variety of industries including public accounting, financial services, insurance and information technology. Julia has developed successful campus recruiting programs and is passionate about matching people to the right job!
She graduated with a B.S. from Louisiana State University where she studied Human Resources.
Danielle Potschantek
Danielle Potschantek has 15 years experience in Human Resources with a focus on recruiting, building recruitment programs, and international expansion. She has had the unique opportunity to work in a Human Resources/Recruitment capacity in dynamic and varied environments including start-up Internet and technology organizations, consulting firms, medical devices firm, and financial services. She is a certified trainer in behavioral based interviewing.
Danielle holds an undergraduate degree from William Paterson University and a master’s degree from Fordham University in Human Resources and Organizational Development. Danielle joined Mom Corps in 2007 and truly appreciates the work/life balance it provides. She is the mother of two young boys who always make her laugh.
Denise Miller
Denise Miller has more than 13 years’ experience in recruiting. Her areas of expertise include talent acquisition at executive and junior levels; building and managing networks of talent; and a proven track record of recruiting top performers and passive candidates.
Denise spent 12 years with Alexander Proudfoot, a global business process improvement firm, starting out as a consultant. She was quickly identified as a future leader and placed in the company’s management development program. She joined the North American management team as Recruiting Director and then was promoted to Global Head of HR with responsibility for all worldwide recruiting functions. Denise left Proudfoot in 2012 to become an independent recruiter.
Denise holds a business management degree from St. Francis College and a 4.0 GPA. Denise is Jamaican and remains very connected to her community. In her spare time, she enjoys tending to her rose garden and cooking.
Julie Porter
Julie Porter is our marketing and branding guru. She is the Chief Rocker at Front Porch Marketing. With a passion for blazing new trails and defining brand strategies topped with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and results, Porter is a driven, competitive, lateral thinker who is motivated by partnering with smart business leaders to boost their brands to the next level. Julie’s branding and marketing expertise is diverse.
Working at a boutique, independently owned public relations and marketing agency as well as leading an internal branding and marketing team for a North American business owned by a German parent company, she blends her corporate, global marketing savvy with her get’er done, roll up your sleeves and do it yourself maverick mantra.
Julie holds an undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University. She joined Mom Corps Dallas in 2011. She serves on the Good Shepherd Episcopal School Parents’ Organization Board of Directors and supports many other local and national non-profit organizations. She has an amazing, energetic son and a daughter on the way.
